The President, former President of the United States committed high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting a violent insurrection against the government of the United States, he must be found guilty.

A President is responsible from the first day in office to the last day in office for their conduct and we have a constitutional responsibility to hold this former President accountable and to proceed with the trial in the Senate.

The President of the United States, now the former President of the United States incited an attack on our Capitol, an insurrection that resulted in the death of five people, dozens of others injured, serious damage to the Capitol, all to…

Well, Lawrence, what we know is the article of impeachment charges the president with incitement of insurrection, and that insurrection happened at the capitol on January 6th, which was the meeting of the Electoral College, this sacred…

This was an effort by the president to feed lie to his supporters to the point that they became enraged and violent.

We are ready whenever the Senate is ready to allow us to begin. We will deliver the articles on Monday, and we are prepared to proceed Monday.

This is the most serious attack on our democracy of our lifetime, and this evidence that you are talking about today is just one more example of a president desperate to hold on to power.

In order to expedite the vote, I will proceed. Mr. President, I rise to express my support for the confirmation of Lloyd Austin to be the Secretary of Defense of the United States. General Austin is an exceptionally qualified leader with a…

Mr. President, it is my understanding that Chairman Inhofe is in route to provide his comments, and I just want to begin by thanking him for his tremendous leadership. Without his dedication to a bipartisan, thoughtful process, we would…

Madam President, I would ask unanimous consent to yield back all time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will read the title of the bill for the third time. The bill was ordered to a…

Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to express my support for H.R. 335, which would provide a waiver to allow for full Senate consideration of General Lloyd Austin's nomination as Secretary of Defense. While I have great concerns over use of this process…

I am okay with whatever the timeline is. I think that, you know, every defendant needs a chance to hire a lawyer, put their case together and prepare for a trial.

I think he`s really undermining himself. McConnell is, right now, he`s making the case for procedural reforms to allow a majority to do its business.

The Senate has to do something. And the Senate has consigned this responsibility to the ethics committee.

I think that is one of the major task you should face.

Recently, we witnessed the greatest cyber intrusion in the history, I think, perhaps of the world--by the Russians.

You agree it has a national security dimension?